Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-05

eaxKied tbrsaEh a xnpiaiy a. puasbiy.
rs Iasi CouRrezs appr0rriatsd aen MI
Ilo1 d1llArs f8r his paFposs, uhicA waa
nos half anouah. and yes Prasidant
ClspelaEd Bezleeted 10 i've IL his siEnA-
tnre. IL - safe 70 say that @srs than
that eDo1nt will b Loss en- aeeoust ef
the dauaes - impr0Fems1ts which
bavs baen begun, has whiah mnst noe
BE guspsndsd On aocouus Of iaek Of
fund.-. S1eh policy as this i as short
slgk I'D ~ ie h expEnsiva.s
To change the subieet rather abrupt
y, senator, Wha1 il year opinion 81 tie
Inter slats Osmmeros Biiif
Hlt has resulted sust &c / furstoId that
Il woold. E1stead u tie railroads log
eRinR local rates they have In sveEy In
stance raised through rates 20 CORES
pond wish existing looai rates, % thai it
has bssn an unmixed evil myself re-
ported bill IN the senate that did Bot
have the obieetionabIs fourth clause.
and think 70 w0uid have been better
had this bill passed instead sf the ex
istiBR Law. / fail 10 ZEE h0w she bill can
beueft any section Of the country. /
know that Il has ben suggested that Il
might act ~ Q sort Of protection and
foster manafseturss on this coast
dc not believe IN this idea af all. The
Industries Of this coast, as Of all CON
paRatively neW countries. are mainly
aRrioulturaI and mining. To be saEs
there are fec manufactures fhet
might be bens6tted By the Law. bat this
benefit would be small compared With
the damage that must necessarily result
70 other Industries II the Law b en-
forced. To my mind, this part Of The
lay is particularly bad thing for this
section Of the country"
There 10 one other thing, Senator.
whst 10 your idea about the Chiuess
question and foreign immieFationf
$50 far a. the Chinese question ie
concerned, placed myself upon rec nd
while in the Senate By voting in fayeF
OF the law prohibiting further i'm iera-
tion. For ny action IN this matter /
vas mach criticised In the East. am
clear, however, from . long acduaint-
ancs With the subject. that toe Chinese
are an undesirable element IN any Gen.
munity. Bat those Who are nov here
are, OF course, entitled 20 the protection
Of our laws. Az time goes on they will
naturally die out and cease 10 be Q
soQroe OF annoyance. As regards i'm
migration from European countries,
tai 70 see hoy any more strin-
gent laws can be adopted than are nov
IN force. Il 10 Of course well known
that the laws prohibiting pauper immi-
grafton ere very stringent. Then there
is the recent Lac which absolutely pro-
htbits the importation Of contract labor.
ibis 10 most wholesome law, and will
undoubtedly do much to maintain the
superior position Of ouR laboFing classes.
l do not zee. though, how ID ie possible
Tor sets country 10 90 any further In
this direction. We cannot emulate the
example of China and buiId 30 q Chi
neee vail about our country. Nor do
think q would be wise TO de % II We
"But is there not great danger 10 be
appEehended from the accumulation in
our larger cities Of men imhued With
s0cialistic or anarohicaI ideas7n
"Unquestionably there is. But 90 far
90 the rank and file Of these men are
concerned We will have to depend upon
the educational Influences Of our insti
tutions. The leaders-thst il, the men
who have been prominent in such move
ments abroad - should be treated
as criminals and not allowed
TO land. Or, II necessary, ouI
laws against the preaching even Of such
doctrines might be made more strin-
ReRt. No, lido not thiHk that any good
would result from frightening the term
OF resideBce required bsfore an alien Ii
eligible to oitizsnshie. Five years il
long enough. and il is my experiences
that 10 this time q man ia Just as vel
fi'ttd as he could be for tine duties oil
citizenship.
In conclusion, Senator Miller ex
pressed himself as much pleased with
what he bad already seen Of the SounC
country. He said that New York Ger
tainly bad strong rival in the hog in
dnstFy IN this section. So far as on
other Industries and possibilities aFs
concerned. be has not yet been with uI
long enough to say mach about them.